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The Queens Zoo (formerly the Flushing Meadows Zoo and Queens Wildlife Center) is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) zoo at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, between Grand Central Parkway and 111th Street. The zoo is managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (often referred to as Flushing Meadows Park or simply Flushing Meadows) is a public park in the northern part of Queens in New York City, New York, U.S. It is bounded by I-678 (Van Wyck Expressway) on the east, Grand Central Parkway on the west, Flushing Bay on the north, and Union Turnpike on the south.
The Grand Central then proceeds south, crossing under the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch and soon into Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Through the park, the parkway passes west of Arthur Ashe Stadium, the Queens Zoo and the Unisphere before entering exit 10, a cloverleaf interchange with the Long Island Expressway (I-495).
It is also home to the Bronx Zoo, the world's largest metropolitan zoo, [35] which covers 265 acres (107 ha) and houses over 6,000 animals. [36] Directly to the zoo's north is the New York Botanical Garden, a botanical garden and National Historic Landmark. Pelham Bay Park is the largest park in New York City, at 2,772 acres (1,122 ha). [27]
Prospect Park Zoo, New York City ; Queens Zoo, New York City ; Ross Park Zoo, Binghamton; Rosamond Gifford Zoo, Syracuse; Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester; Staten Island Zoo, New York City (Staten Island) Trailside Museum and Zoo, Tomkins Cove; Trevor Zoo, Millbrook; The Wild Animal Park, Chittenango; Utica Zoo, Utica; Wild Wings Inc., Honeoye Falls
The area currently inhabited by zoo maintenance facilities and equipment will transform into 300 extra parking spaces for zoo visitors, nullifying the former idea of paving over 2.4 acres of the ...
The New York State Pavilion is a pavilion at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, New York.Constructed for the 1964 New York World's Fair, it was designed by the architects Philip Johnson and Richard Foster, with Lev Zetlin as the structural engineer.